Hola Amigos:
Today is a cold, sunny morning here in Mexico, and the mountains surrounding El Rancho Del Rey Children’s Home are bathed in a golden, winter beauty that only these Sierra Madre Mountains can offer.
We were visited, via phone call, by an El Rancho’s long time friend and supporter, Richard Waring. He called to ask how we were, and how the Ministry here in Mexico was doing, and to hear, first hand, a report on the state and future of the work.
I had just driven in from seeing the dentist for a blockage in the left side of my mouth, keeping the saliva in my cheek and below my left ear, causing discomfort, dry mouth and bad looks…
But as I took Richard’s call, I was reminded through his soothing British accent that, we are not alone!!! Praise God for the prayers of those, like Richard and Cheryl, who love the Lord and the Ministry of El Rancho Del Rey, and who do not cease to remember us and present us before the throne of the Father.
Like the Warings, many of you are praying and want to know about us and about The Ranch of the King. Thanks for being faithful and keeping in touch throughout these many years.
I would like to express the gratitude in our hearts at this time, for your faithful, prayerful support, and also report to you that all is well here at El Rancho Del Rey.
We begin this 2012 with the same vision, hope and expectation as when it all started to take form, back in 1956… We continue to “Build Character upon the Cornerstone”, while helping our “Muchachos” get ahead in life through faith, education, sports, nutrition, counsel, example, guidance and lots of love!
Our Staff is also committed to helping these lives that have been entrusted unto them, offering their service to the King, and willing to pay a price to do so. This has been
a difficult year for them, with new government requirements and regulations which add new work and study loads.
Visiting teams from different parts of the U.S. have not allowed bad news coming from Mexico to discourage them from visiting, but rather keep planning for their next visit. That is because they have seen that their visits play an important role in our lives as they work on the campus grounds and in the office, cry, sing, pray and laugh with us, minister to us here on the Rancho and in the villages, and as they play with and love our kids.
Dad’s (Hank Moller’s) health has also been very good, or as he would say when asked, “How are you?” – “I’m doing good for an old geezer”… Those first school days back in Sep. and Oct. 2011, when we reported to you and asked for your prayers because of Dad’s frequent vomiting, physical weakness and no appetite have been replaced by, almost always, three meals a day and a good appetite, plus restful siestas, while keeping a sharp memory, alert mind and clear vision!
Tuesday is a special day; Dad will be receiving an award for 55 years of service in the community from hands of local officials and from our Rancho Del Rey boy’s primary & secondary teachers. He is not crazy about these events but I think it’s overdue!
Evil also seems to have permeated and broken loose in Mexican society – at all levels like never before; yet we testify that the Lord’s hand of protection has been over each of our children, staff and visiting teams. This too is possible thanks to the intersession of our friends and sponsors…YOU!
Where are we going??? Ahead, toward the mark, of the High Calling in Christ Jesus… Seeking to be here, providing an environment for those in need of a place they can call HOME, and to continue the programs which have worked thus far.
We also continue to seek the Lord concerning the possibility of providing further education for the boys so that those who graduate from secondary school with us, and who have good grades or show a desire to continue their education, may do so while continuing in a Christian environment, so as to better prepare these youngsters to go out into the workplace and raise families with hearts to follow the Lord.
It is clear to me, and I hope I was able to convey this to the Warings as well as to you through this report, that the Lord is present here at El Rancho. Not only as the All Present God that He is, but as He has promised in Zeph. 3:17 “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing”.
Thank you again for all you do and have done for the Kingdom of God, and especially for us here at El Rancho Del Rey!
Love,
Dan
P.S. We added another new boy, Jakob (6th grade) yesterday. The boys always do a great job of welcoming a new member into the El Rancho family.
And the reward for reading this far:
Dad (Hank) with plenty of love even for visiting gringos, loving co-workers in the kitchen, and our annual Christmas presentation about the Lord of Love!
